tsk_recover1
Export files from an image into a local directory
Usage
tsk_recover [-vVae]
[-f
fstype]
[-i
imgtype]
[-b
dev_sector_size]
[-o
sector_offset]
[-d
dir_inum]
image
[images]
output_dir
Overview
tsk_recover recovers files to the output_dir from the image. By default recovers only unallocated files. With flags, it will export all files.
The arguments are as follows:
-
-v -
verbose output to stderr
-
-V -
Print version
-
-a -
Recover allocated files only
-
-e -
Recover all files (allocated and unallocated)
-
-f fstype -
Specify the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.
-
-i imgtype -
The format of the image file, such as raw. Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.
-
-b dev_sector_size -
The size (in bytes) of the device sectors. If not given, autodetection methods are used.
-
-o sector_offset -
Sector offset for a volume to recover (recovers only that volume) If not given, will attempt to recover all volumes in image and save them to different folders.
-
-d dir_inum -
Directory inum to recover from (must also specify a specific partition using -o or there must not be a volume system)
- image [images]
-
The disk or partition image to read, whose format is given with '-i'. Multiple image file names can be given if the image is split into multiple segments. If only one image file is given, and its name is the first in a sequence (e.g., as indicated by ending in '.001'), subsequent image segments will be included automatically.
- output_dir
-
The directory in which to save recovered files.
Examples
To recover only unallocated files from image.dd to the recovered directory:
# tsk_recover ./image.dd ./recovered
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)
-f since Debian 8 (Jessie).